22 AMERICAN FERN JOURNAL 
JOURNAL smaller contributions relating to American 
ferns. 
CarRL CHRISTENSEN. 
CoPpENHAGEN, Dec. 1, 1915. 
ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE SOCIETY 
Report of the President for 1915 
The year 1915 was one of progress for the Society. 
In my report last year I asked the coéperation of the 
members in attaining certain results, and I have to 
thank them for the response made. I asked for help 
in securing a file of the publications of the Society, with 
the result that, where two years ago the Society had no 
records at all, it has today a practically complete file of 
its reports and publications and will soon have one of 
the Fern Bulletin. I asked that local meetings be held: 
four have been reported, at three of which it was my 
privilege to be present. I asked for increased member- 
ship, and it has come, largely as a result of the local 
meetings. I stated that the Council believed that 
receipts from the sale of back numbers of the JouRNAL 
should not be used for ordinary running expenses, but 
set aside to form a special fund against possible future 
contingencies. This we have been able to do and still 
pay all bills for the year, with a few dollars to spare. 
That these results have been attained is—beside the 
interest and codperation of many members—largely 
because of the efficient work of the editors, the secre- 
tary and the men who have served as treasurer. We 
have been so fortunate as to be able to retain the services 
of Dr. Benedict as editor-in-chief. We have had four 
good numbers of the JournaL and even better things 
are planned for the year to come. We have a JouRNAL 
